Howell Lewis Jeffries

Brief Life History of Howell Lewis

When Howell Lewis Jeffries was born about 1828, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, Dr. Richard Jeffries, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Hamner, was 28. He married Elizabeth Chenoweth on 27 May 1860, in Collin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 1, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 17 July 1885, in Montague, Texas, United States, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Howell Lewis Jeffries
1828–1885
Elizabeth Chenoweth
1844–1937
Marriage: 27 May 1860
Sonorah Jeffries
1861–1939
Richard Jeffries
1873–
Jane Jeffries
1864–1937
Hardin Terrel Jeffries
1866–1941
William Henry Jeffries
1869–1956
George H. Jeffries
1872–1881
John Jeffries
1876–1905
Laura Etta Jeffries
1879–1967

Sources (16)

  • Howell Jeffries, "United States, Census, 1850" Pulaski, AR (state penitentiary)
  • Howel L Jeffries, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977"
  • Howell Jeffries in George Hamner, Will, "United States, Virginia, Legal, from 10 January 1500 to 2013"

World Events (8)

1829

Historical Boundaries - 1829: Union, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Union, Arkansas, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · German Immigration to Texas

Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Jeffrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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